Comment & Opinion

Waste of the Day: Money for Baltimore mayor’s wife
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 24, 2026
Hana Scott, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s wife, received $51,000 in taxpayer money from a local nonprofit from 2024 to 2025, according to documents ...
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FAA boosts hiring by targeting gamers
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 24, 2026
Parents often worry that obsessive video game playing will keep their sons from finding productive careers. The Federal Aviation Administration has a ...
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The politics of Josh Shapiro’s transformation on data centers
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Aug 23, 2026
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The only two times I’ve seen Gov. Josh Shapiro in the flesh, he was extolling AI and data centers as critical to Pennsylvania’s eco...
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Waste of the Day: Mortgages for millionaires
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 20, 2026
The Department of Agriculture’s Section 502 loan programs help low-income families buy homes with mortgages that don’t require a down payment. But in ...
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Gen Z is mistaking sports betting for investing
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Aug 20, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — If the bad news is that members of Generation Z can’t afford to buy a house until they are middle-aged — which isn’t really bad news,...
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Ugly milestone on U.S. balance sheet
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 20, 2026
The number 40 trillion — 40 followed by 12 zeros — is largely incomprehensible as it pertains to everyday life. But for context, consider that 40 tril...
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Before Pa. legalizes e-bikes, it must get safety right
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SCOTT L. BOHN 
Aug 20, 2026
Pennsylvania is confronting a growing public-safety challenge involving e-bikes, e-scooters and other micromobility devices. The concern is no longer ...
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Colleges giving up on letter grades?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 19, 2026
As college students across the country get ready to head back to campus, universities face a daunting challenge: how to encourage genuine learning whi...
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Polling lessons from the Michigan and Wisconsin races
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
Aug 19, 2026
Francesca Hong was supposed to win the Democratic Party nomination for governor of Wisconsin by 20 points — she lost by 0.4%. The Polymarket trading s...
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Invasion of the yellow jackets not fun
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Aug 19, 2026
Invasion of the yellow jackets. Sounds like a Revolutionary War battle, doesn’t it? It was definitely war between these flying insects and me these pa...
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Why are men giving up on work?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 18, 2026
For only the third time in U.S. history, more women are working than men — and this profoundly abnormal state of affairs could become the new normal i...
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Why GDP is the GOAT of economic statistics
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Aug 18, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — It is an odd confession to make about a statistic, I realize, but then again I am an economist, so I am just going to go ahead: I lov...
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The warmth of collectivism
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 17, 2026
The socialist now running New York City recently hailed a “rent freeze” on 1 million apartments. Not surprisingly, it didn’t take long for the laws of...
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China’s quiet conquest of the Arctic
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DOMINIQUE L. PLEWES RealClearPolitics 
Aug 17, 2026
At an Arctic Council meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, in May 2019, Mike Pompeo asked whether the world wanted the Arctic Ocean to become another South C...
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